This is an excellent learning remote that is very similar, if not identical to, the Philips Prestigo SRU8010.

The capabilities are pretty much endless and initial set up is very fast.  First of all, when you turn the remote on for the first time, it asks you what type of device do you want to set up, for example, TV.  Then it asks you what brand.  The top 8-10 TV brands pop up on the first page and if your TV is not there, then you can just scroll forward alphabetically until you find your brand.  Then you select it.  If the remote has, say, 7 different TV device codes (you know the kind that you normally find listed in a book that you have to type in one at a time to see if that code was correct), then you just hit the power button until your TV turns on (if it was off) or off (if it was on).  Then it allows you to play with the remote's buttons in this mode before you make your final selection to make sure that device code is the most compatible with your TV.  If it is not, then you can go back in to the previous screen and continue hitting the power button until you get another hit.  Once you find the best code, then you save it and move on to the next device - DVD, VCR, receiver, CD-player, etc.  The thing is packed full of codes.

Then you can set up these two buttons for HIS and HERS channels.  You can set up you favs and they all show up on the screen when you hit the HIS button.  She sets up her FAVs under the HERS button and you can have a quick way to get to you favorite channel with the push of one button.

For me, the best part of this remote is the learning and macro capability.  This means that if the devices that were set up above don't have all of the buttons from your other remote controls, then you can use your other remote to send a signal into the ICON remote and program that function to a particular button.  In addition, if your TV requires you to hit the input (or source) button 5 times to change from TV to HDMI mode, you can add more inputs to the learned button to create the macro.  For example, you can program buttons at the top of the remote which has a screen like a cell phone to learn a macro which will transmit the TV Input button 5 times - by just pushing one button.  Another great part of this is that you can call it whatever you like (i.e.  TV input 5x).  Being able to name it makes it great for your wife.  My wife really enjoys using this remote now that it is totally customize for our viewing.

There is another feature that is especially fun called Punch Through.  Simply put, you can manipulate this remote so that the volume up and down always controls the volume on your home receiver (or any other device that you choose) - no matter what other source you have selected (i.e. CD, DVD, ...).

The few pitfalls of this otherwise completely awesome remote are - no RF signal transmission.  For those of you that use X10 light dimmers, appliance modules, and such to control things around your house will be sad to know that you will have to buy a IR543 (found on eBay!) to be able to use this remote to control your X10 devices.  The IR543 takes an IR (infrared) signal from this remote and sends it through your house wires without using the RF (radio frequency) controls.  Next, it would be a beautiful thing to be able to save all of the information in the remote (device codes, punch through settings, learned keys and macros) to your computer.  There have been instances when users have said that the remote has locked up during the learning/macro function and they lost all of their programmed information because the only way to get the remote out of the locked up state is to pull the batteries which clears all of the learned memory if the batteries are pulled during a "freeze" state.  This would be much less of an issue if you could save your data to a computer and then be able to retrieve it if the remote locks up.

I have to say that I love this remote and think you, too, will love it if you get one and work through the learning curve - read the manual because the remote is not intuitive at first, but once you are up to speed it is a breeze.

Enjoy!

Jim